Snyk Security Researchers have been using dynamic analysis techniques to unravel the behaviors of obfuscated malicious packages. A recent interesting finding in the Python Package Index (PyPi) attempted to imitate a known open source developer through identity spoofing. Upon further analysis, the team uncovered that the package, raw-tool, was attempting to hide malicious behavior using base64 encoding, reaching out to malicious servers, and executing obfuscated code.
According to the latest Ransomware Spotlight Year End report, 56% of the 223 older vulnerabilities identified prior to 2021 are still actively exploited and used as the entry points to ransomware attacks. This warrants the question of why enterprises aren’t patching vulnerabilities regularly.
As a CIO in charge of your organization's security, you're responsible for ensuring the security of your company's data. But with so many cybersecurity threats out there, it can be difficult to know where to start. Should you focus on conducting a vulnerability assessment? Or is a risk assessment more important? In this article, we will discuss vulnerability vs risk, cyber threats, and protecting sensitive data.
Trustwave security teams are aware of two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082) impacting Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 and organizations with Outlook Web Access facing the Internet. If exploited, the vulnerabilities can allow an attacker to elevate privilege and remote code execution capability. We immediately investigated the vulnerabilities and potential exploits and continue to monitor the situation.
